Caries prevalence, oral hygiene, and oral health habits of kuwaiti infants and toddlers

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 125-128

  Nazar, Huda ^a   Al Mutawa, Sabiha ^a   Ariga, Jitendra ^b   Soparkar, Pramod ^c   Mascarenhas, Ana Karina ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^b National School Oral Health Program   (Kuwait)

^c FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottle feeding; Cavitated lesions; Dental caries; Night feeding; Noncavitated lesions; Oral hygiene; Tooth brushing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PARENT; TOOTH BRUSHING; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HABIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEW; KUWAITI; LIGHT; MOUTH EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; TODDLER; TOOTH;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 84896106373     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000356866     Document Type: Article

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